Final race set for Saturday in Paris
PARIS — The Island-based Canadian women’s eight rowing team insisted that going through the repechage wasn’t a bad thing in the quest to defend its Olympic title from Tokyo because it’s hard to find international competition training on Quamichan Lake in North Cowichan, while European nations race each other more often because of proximity. So a positive spin was the extra race meant more race experience for Canada.
“We wanted to go into this race focusing on our start. We tend to be middle pacers, and in our last race, we let our start slide too much,” said crewmember Kristina Walker of Victoria, following the repechage.This was just the required next step, added crewmember Abby Dent: “You don’t check the box until you are finished that final. I’m excited to see what this crew can lay down on Saturday. We have a lot more in store here and let’s see what we’ve got.
Added have been Tokyo Olympic pairs bronze-medallist Caileigh Filmer of Victoria, Walker and Jessica Sevick of Victoria, Maya Meschkuleit from Yale of the Ivy League and 2023 Santiago Pan Am Games gold medallist Dent. “It’s a completely different crew but equally, if not more, talented,” said Gruchalla-Wesierski, who returned in time for her golden moment in Tokyo, after being seriously injured in a cycling accident during a team-building exercise at Strathcona Park just before the pandemic-delayed previous Games in 2021.
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